Comments on: Cantor’s Office Responds: Video Depicting AFSCME Members As Goons

By: Da Fuckin Union dat works for you

Da Fuckin Union dat works for you — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:36:03 +0000

Eric Cantor is a mama’s *** who has never worked a day in his ****** life. Look at his hands, they are as soft as a baby’s butt, that’s okay because da union is far more patriotic than Cantor…..you got that *******?

By: Mare

Mare — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:20:30 +0000

I find Kentucky and Virginia a backward state, but will stand in line for their rations from the Republican dittoheads, fight for them, vote for them, attack for them, just to have a peaceful lazy life. Much like Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell and other ‘potty’ mouth’s.

By: Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:17:24 +0000

AFSCME is an awful union, more interested in lining the pockets of the Democratic Party than protecting workers’ jobs. That is why my agency’s members just missed decertifying them by a couple votes and are trying a second time right now.

By: Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:43:03 +0000

That was ******* hilarious.

By: Laugh

Laugh — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:43:58 +0000

Look I know this is somewhat distasteful, but during the last eight years, we have seen a bunch of stuff like this about Bush. Nobody said a peep, in fact most you probably laughed. So just get over yourself and laugh. It was mean as a joke, you knew what that meant during the last admin, but now that Obama is in power, any joke against your party (or party ideals in this case) makes you piss your pants. Have fun, it is the USA, where he is free to say what he wants.

By: Joan McGarity

Joan McGarity — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:42:17 +0000

Even before this fiasco I, as a very politically active Democrat in VA, was willing to do ANY AND EVERYTHING I can to defeat this jerk. He has NEVER shown to me any imagination, offered any alternative plan for ANYTHING!!! He is petty and doesn’t display much intelligence, but certainly heavy on vindictiveness. Hope the House Republicans are happy to have him as their Whip, in my opinion, he would be even more dangerous if he had a real one, (whip). Get ready Democrats, we have a real target in 2010, GET RID OF THIS JERK, even if we elect another Republican, as least make sure they have the kind of morals and conscious in the best interest of the State of Virgnia!

By: Mitch

Mitch — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:17:58 +0000

I love the video. It let’s people know what AFSCME and the public workers they represent really do. The Right may think that it makes unions look like goons, but in my opinion it makes them look like working class people. It’s a sad day in America when being working class is a bad thing.

By: Dallas

Dallas — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:32:49 +0000

This video is great. I dont think it really says anything that is untrue. I am a fan of AFSCME and will not take what they do for granted again.

By: john g

john g — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:27:17 +0000

Mr. Cantor is trying to make a name for himself. He looks like he could play the President of the United States (with shoe lifts) in a B Hollywood action movie. At best, this is the most he could hope to achieve. The Republicans are hysterically demonstrating what little clout they have left (America voted last November), even to the detriment of the country and world’s economies. Also, there will not be enough Republican maneuverings and distractions to prevent a federal investigation of former President Cheny, his administrative assistant (George W. Bush) and others related to suspected war crimes from the country’s prior Administration.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:01:45 +0000

I do not think that Eric Cantor knew any better. Many of the people in his Congressional district talk the same way that he does about unions. It appears like his Congressional district is safe unless there is a lot of voter education on the union issue in his district. Remember that Virginia is a right to work state. It just became a blue state in 2008 in the Presidential election after 40 years as a dependable Republican state.

Unfortunately for the world the free trade agreements were written without labor input. They were written with the intent to keep those without anything down and to reward only those at the top. There are no environmental standards in the WTO. You are to work your whole life and then drink (dirty water) or eat poison (dirty meats, peanut butter, seafood) where the government doesn’t have to take care of you in old age. In other words, live while your useful then die and get out of the way.

The free trade agreements such as NAFTA and the WTO will inevitably lead to a worldwide uprising or war between those that have and those that do not. With our huge industrial war complex it does not take a genius to figure out who the winner of that will be. Unless of course the people learn from the Vietnamese and the Iraqi’s and our own ancestors in the American Revolution on how to fight battles…

There is a reason why this country had a middle class and it wasn’t just because we were “favored by God.” Unions had a big hand in the creation of America’s middle class. When the country does right by the majority of it’s citizens all of its citizens prospers. When it does right by only a few, only the few prosper. The rest of the people suffer for this.

Jesus had a whole lot to say about greed and indifference. He also said to fulfill the law we were to love the Lord our God with all our heart, all our mind, and all of our body and we were to love our neighbor as our self. (Summary of Ten Commandments) How are we loving our neighbor if we do not want to see our neighbor succeed? We either all rise together or we all fail together. At this point in our countries history it can go either way.

By: JBPM

JBPM — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:17:06 +0000

I find this video hilarious, and I’ve been a dues-paying AFSCME member for four years.

By: al bee

al bee — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:59:36 +0000

I wish they would make an issue of building better cars, kitchen appliances and response to voters questions!

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:32:33 +0000

Why apologize when many union leaders are in fact thugs. My grandfather was threatened by union reps with a knife because he did not want to join

By: yomama

yomama — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:12:36 +0000

Cantor got this all wrong. Most unions were founded by and based on Communism, and he is depicting them along the lines of Italian Fascism. This is so wrong.

We certainly are in dire need of more Communist thought process as in this new administration. They want to take yours and give it to someone else. And they want to get rid of secret ballot with card check.

So, you can keep your change. You better since you wont have much left but change after they steal it all from you.

By: Fighter 101

Fighter 101 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:03:22 +0000

Hello Mr. Cantor,

I saw your story on Keith Ollberman and Yes I am a Democrat and Realtor

out here in California and a politcal activist and former Union Member of

UBEW.

I must say that your use of this video which I am not saying you created but

used to what make a joke of your feelings about the unions is a slap in the

face to all those in the labor movement and demonstrates your Right Wing

Conservative views in all of it’s splendor well I tell you it sucks and is a slap in

the face to all those in the labor movement especially as they lose their jobs

today!!

While your Rich Buddies on Wall Street make out like bandits and you the

Right wing conservatives cry and complain about all this spending well.

Mr. Cantor who has spent foolishly Billions on a Faulted War I remind you

your side the Republicans The Right Gone Wrong!!!!

Well let me tell you this and you can share it with all your Republican

buddies up until the time of this mess I was a very complacent Middle

of the road guy but with all this criminal behavior going on in Wall Street

and your side the Right Wing Republicans stone walling every attempt to

bring this country back to normal unless you start recognizing that the

labor movement is essential and that the Middle Class are Essential

as Well as the Working Class We are taking back our country

All you are doing is waking up a sleeping giant and creating a very

dangerous enviroment with those kind of comments which in my

opinion add’s fuel to the fire of a Class War the Rich Versus

The Poor I tell you sir that you and your other like minded Republican

friends need to be more sensible, flexible and sensitive to the needs

of the people less fortunate and struggling through these difficult times

This use of the this video is not at all funny!

What I meant by complacent is that now after getting our president elected

by using the power of the internet and a cell phones with National Coverage

and even though I live in California I promise you and all Republicans that

continue to mock the Labor Movement and The Middle Class and Working

Class that I and other like me will make sure that your own state does not

elect people like you that hold such radical views period!

Just food for thought and perhaps you will apologize to the American People!!

Remember Power Now is Truly in the Hands of The People!!

Fighter 101